Black diamond Cuchara, CO
Lower Bear Bumps drops 553 vertical feet over 1,434 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 740 feet below the top. That's steeper than 46% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 6th steepest of 32 named runs at Cuchara. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 23°, Lower Bear Bumps gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cuchara does, December through March. That's shadier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Cuchara. Its top sits at 10,030 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.